Taxonomy of meanings for 抑:　　

  • 抑 yì (OC: qɯɡ MC: ʔɨk) 於力切 入 廣韻：【按也説文作？从反印 】
    • RESTRAIN
      • vtoNrestrain, constrain; chastise
      • vtoNpsychrestrain (oneself)
      • perfective>HINDER
        • generalised>SQUEEZE
          • vtoNpress down, repress, hold down, keep down, curb
          • vtoNfigurativebe suppressed
          • suppressed, low (of voice etc)>TENUOUS
            • specific: lower (head)>BOW DOWN
              • social: cruelly>OPPRESS
                • vtoNpassivebe oppressed; get oppressed
                • vtoNrepress, oppressLZ
                • depressed>SAD
                  • passive>YIELD
                    • force upon> IMPOSE
                    • abstract> INJUSTICE
                    • generalised: social>CONTROL
                • grammaticalised: exclamatory> OH
                • grammaticalised: logical>OR
                  • padS1.post-S2(between alternative questions:) or
                • grammaticalised: adversative>BUT
                  • padS1.post-S2adversativehowever,...
                  • logical 非…抑>THEN
                  • =懿BEAUTIFUL

                    Additional information about 抑

                    說文解字:

                      Criteria
                    • SHOW

                      1. The most general word for making anything visible is shì 示 (ant. hán 含 "keep to oneself").

                      2. Xiàn 見 / 現 (ant. bì 蔽 "make invisible to others,") refers to making visible what is there.

                      3. Xiǎn 顯 (ant. yǐn 隱 "hide from sight") is to make something prominently visible to wider audience.

                      4. Yáng 揚 (ant. yì 抑 "suppress and keep from general knowledge") is to make something universally visible to the general public.

                      5. Zhù 著 (ant. bì 蔽 "block from sight") is to show something up as deserving great attention.

                      6. Chén 陳 (ant. cáng 藏 "hide") is to lay out something so as to make it accessible to inspection.

                      7. Zhāo 昭 (yōu 幽 "keep in obscurity") is to cast light over something so as to make it accessible to wide appreciation.

                      8. Zhāng 彰 (ant. yì 抑 is to give proper illustrious public status to something that is held to clearly deserve such recognition.

                      9. Zhú 燭 (ant. yǐn 隱 "keep in the dark") is to cast enought light on something dark in order to make it visible.

                      10. Pù 暴 is to make accessible to view what is covered and therefore inaccessible to inspection.

                    • PRAISE

                      1. The current general word for praise is yù 譽 (ant. huǐ 毀 "speak ill of"), and the word often refers to straightforward objective praise rather than eulogy..

                      2. Chēng 稱 (ant. bang 謗 "speak ill of behind his back") refers to "honourable mentioning" in public contexts and favourable public assessment of someone.

                      3. Bāo 褒 (ant. biǎn 貶 "make derogatory remarks about") refers to a person with a certain authority passing a positive judgment on someone.

                      4. Jiā 嘉 (ant. sǔn 損 "make belittling remarks about") refers to commending someone for a certain action or for past behaviour.

                      5. Zàn 讚／贊 "eulogise" (ant. dǐ 詆 "speak ill of") refers to lyrical, typically exaggerated and overly enthusiastic praise.

                      6. Sòng 頌 (ant. zhòu 咒 "make calumniatory remarks about") refers literally to the singing of someone's praises, but as in English, the praising thus described may actually be in ornate prose.

                      7. Měi 美 and shàn 善 (all ant. wù 惡 "speak ill of") refer to the bringing out of positive, admirable or morally commendable aspects in something or someone through discourse.

                      8. Yáng 揚 (ant. yì 抑 "do down") refers to the spreading of the good name of someone or something.

                    • VISIBLE

                      1. The current general word for visibility is xiàn 見 / 現 (ant. yǐn 隱 "remain hidden").

                      2. Xíng 形 (ant. cáng 藏 "be hidden") refers to taking shape or taking proper shape.

                      3. Xiào 效 (ant. huái 懷 "keep hidden within oneself") refers to somethings abstract becoming clearly manifest.

                      4. Xiǎn 顯 (ant. yōu 幽 "be in the dark and inaccessible to clear inspection") refers to something becoming prominently visible to all.

                      5. Zhāng 彰 (ant. yì 抑 "suppress wide knowledge of") refers to something becoming prominently visible to everyone in all its splendour or importance.

                    • SQUEEZE

                      1. The current general word for the exercise of pressure downwards in any concrete or abstract sense is yā 壓, and the word is not a success verb.

                      2. Zhèn 鎮 adds to the notion of vigorous pressure from above the notion of successfully preventing things from moving or displacing itself in any way.

                      3. Yì 抑 refers specifically to a particularly vigourous action of pressing something down in any concrete or abstract way and preventing it from moving upwards while possibly allowing it to move sideways.

                    • OR

                      1. There is no word for "or" linking declarative sentences. The current paraphrase is fēi 非...zé 則 "if not..., then".

                      2. The current general word between alternative questions is yì 抑.

                      3. Qí 其 "or should one" is idiomatic in deliberating questions.

                      4. Between NPs ruò 若 and yǔ 與 are very occasionally used to mean "or".

                      NB: Jiāng 將 "or else, otherwise" is marginal in this group because it does not involve the logical connective "or".

                      Word relations
                    • Ant: (RESTRAIN)揚/SHOW Yáng 揚 (ant. yì 抑 "suppress and keep from general knowledge") is to make something universally visible to the general public.
                    • Ant: (SQUEEZE)舉/LIFT The most general and the most current word for lifting up anything, in literal as well as figurative senses is jǔ 舉.